Police blotter

At about 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, Erie police responded to the area of U.S. Highway 287 and Arapahoe Road on a report of a bicyclist shouting profanities at passing cars.

The officer was unable to locate the cyclist.

At about 11:43 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, an Erie police officers observed a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver agreed to perform roadside maneuvers and failed.

The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 -- the first day of school in the St. Vrain Valley School District -- Erie police responded to the 3800 block of Beasley Drive on a report of a missing child.

Upon arrival, officers found the child hiding in the living room under a blanket because they didn't want to go back to school.

At about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, Erie police responded to the area of East County Line Road and Highway 52 on a report of a longhorn steer "playing in traffic."

The officer was able to corner the steer near its corral gate and get it to run back into the corral.

At about 8:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, Erie police responded with a SWAT call-out when a suicidal man barricaded himself in a home in the 9700 block of Schlagel Street.

The man was eventually taken into custody and taken to Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center.

At about 8:51 p.m. Friday, Aug.

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19, Erie police responded to the 100 block of Pierce Street on a welfare check.

Police were notified after the reporting party was on the phone with their father when the conversation abruptly stopped but the phone on the father's end didn't hang up.

When officers arrived, they discovered the father had fallen asleep during the conversation.

At about 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, Erie police responded to a report of kids breaking branches in a tree. Upon arrival, officers witnessed two small children playing with their father in a tree.

The tree was not damaged.

LOUISVILLE

At about 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, five Louisville police officers contacted a man in reference to an assault.

The man told officers he was dispensing medication at an undisclosed facility behind a split door with a serving ledge when a 24-year-old patient demanded his medication he was prescribed.

The man told the patient he already dispensed his medication and he must have forgotten to take it with him.

The patient unlocked the door and knocked the man on the ground but other staff restrained him.

The man had a scratch from hitting his nose and he hurt his neck. He was treated by paramedics, then taken to Avista Adventist Hospital.

The patient was put in restraints in a bed in a "special, quiet room" after spitting on a staff member, according to a Louisville Police Department report.

An officer transported the man, who was placed in a spit mask and leg shackles, to Boulder County Jail and booked on third-degree assault and harassment charges.

At about 2:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, a Louisville police officer was dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of Nighthawk Circle on a report of criminal mischief.

When the officer arrived, the reporting party showed the officer where his house, which backs Via Appia Way, was hit with pink paint, possibly from a paint ball gun.

The case is inactive as there are no suspects or leads.

On Aug. 17, while a Louisville police officer was at Monarch High School, staff members reported a theft that occurred over the summer.

Staff told the officer that four backpacks used for needy students, containing $150 worth of school supplies and a graphing calculator, had been emptied.

The case is inactive as there are no suspects or leads.

At about 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, a Louisville police officer was dispatched to a residence in the 600 block of Hawthorn Street on a report of a suspicious incident.

The woman at the home said she was in her bedroom when she heard someone jiggle the doorknob on a door that leads from her bedroom to the backyard.

She said she walked into the kitchen and heard someone jiggle the knob on the kitchen door and saw a figure walk to the front of the house. The woman told the officer she ran to close the garage door, and she saw cream-colored work boots and jeans outside the door but could not see the man's face.

The woman said her neighbor in July experienced an incident where a man walked into his home while he was there.

The officer searched the neighborhood but could not find anyone matching the man's description and extra patrol was requested for the area.

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